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Oregon starts the morning with headlights glowing through thin fog and frost clinging to windshields across the southern Willamette Valley. The air feels sharp, and cold pavement reminds drivers that winter conditions are settling in as end-of-year travel ramps up.
According to the National Weather Service in Portland, temperatures across Eugene dip near freezing during the early morning hours, with lows around 31 degrees expected through Sunday night. Patchy fog forms before sunrise, especially in low-lying areas and near open fields, briefly reducing visibility on local roads and rural stretches of Highway 99 and I-5…